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About Karia Village

Karia is a large village in Pawai tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,456, made up of 1,285 males and 1,171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 938.84 hectares hectares.

Karia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karia village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Pawai
Area (hectares) 938.84 hectares
Population 2,456
Male Population 1,285
Female Population 1,171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karia compares

By the 2011 count Karia is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 938.84 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Karia

Karia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karia from other places

Karia lies about 55 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rithi, about 43 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karia
Tehsil headquarters Pawai 18 km
Nearest town Hatta 41 km
Nearest railway station Rithi 43 km
District headquarters Panna 55 km

Villages closest to Karia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pawai tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Karia

As per the Census of India 2011, Karia village had a population of 2,456. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Karia village has 1,285 males and 1,171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karia has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Karia covers 938.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karia falls under Pawai tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karia is Rithi, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karia.

Karia is about 55 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karia is in Pawai tehsil of Panna district. Pawai is about 18 km away. Hatta is about 41 km away. Rithi is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palohi (2.2 km), Mania (2.6 km) and Gudmania (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karia today is likely to be higher.

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